Learning to Fly

[00:23.26] Into the distance, a ribbon of black

[00:28.57] Stretched to the point of no turning back

[00:34.42] A flight of fancy on a wind swept field

[00:39.73] Standing alone my senses reeled

[00:45.84] A fatal attraction is holding me fast

[00:50.35] How can I escape this irresistible grasp?

[00:57.53] Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

[01:02.84] Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

[01:20.37] Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

[01:26.21] Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything

[01:32.06] No navigator to find my way home

[01:37.77] Unladened, empty and turned to stone

[01:43.61] A soul in tension that's learning to fly

[01:49.19] Condition grounded but determined to try

[01:55.03] Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

[02:00.61] Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

[02:07.26] Friction lock, set

[02:09.12] Mixtures, rich

[02:11.77] Propellers, fully forward

[02:13.32] Flaps, set - 10 degrees

[02:16.64] Engine gauges and suction, check

[03:04.45] Above the planet on a wing and a prayer

[03:10.03] My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air

[03:15.87] Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

[03:21.45] Out of the corner of my watering eye

[03:27.29] A dream unthreatened by the morning light

[03:32.87] Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

[03:38.72] There's no sensation to compare with this

[03:43.75] Suspended animation, a state of bliss

[03:50.12] Can't keep my mind from the circling sky

[03:55.70] Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I